Flash: At least 7 people were killed and around 10 were injured, some critically, when gunmen opened fire during a funeral in a church in the southern Karak Governorate of Jordan.

Flash: At least 7 people were killed and around 10 were injured, some critically, when gunmen opened fire during a funeral in a church in the southern Karak Governorate of Jordan.

The attack took place in a church in Kfar Hamoud, about 100 km south of Amman.

Reports say two gunmen got out of a vehicle and fired at mourners as the funeral procession set off, with one eyewitness saying the shooting continued for about five minutes before the attackers fled.

The security forces are chasing the criminals.